reid: mr. president, would my friend yield for a question? mr. wyden: i will be happy to. mr. reid: the distinguished senator from oregon and i served together in the house of representatives. do you remember the days when the house voted as a body, not a majority of the majority, but voted as a body to come up with how legislation should be given to the american people? do you remember that? mr. wyden: i do, and the leader is being logical, and heaven forbid that logic break out on some of these matters, because i remember when we started out -- and i joke, i had a full head of hair and rugged good looks -- you and i used to work with peel on bot people ons of the aisle. we tried to show up early, go home late and, like the leader says, focus on getting some results. i thank the leader for his point, and again for the honor of being able to open this meeting. as i indicated, what i heard at home is we're supposed to be here, we're supposed to be trying to find some common ground. i know the talkingheads on tv say that this is just impossible, you know, can't be done. but as t